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C. L. BOWERS MEMORANDUM PAD EQUIPMENT FOR TELEPHONES Fil M r h 7. 1922 2 sheets-Sheet '1 affonuzq -Jan.- 19. 1926.

C. L. BOWERS MEMORANDUM PAD EQUIPMENT FOR TELEPHONES Filed March '7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES,

CLYDE L; BOWERS, orwAsHmeroN, :oIsrRIcr or COLUMBIA.

' YMEMORANDUM-PAD EQUIPMENT roe rnnnrnoivns.

Application filed March 7, 1922. Serial m, 541,735. Y

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE L. Bownns, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Memorandum-Padwhich will be apparent as'the description proceeds, the invention resides in the con- 'struction, combination and relation ofparts fully described H and Equipments for Telephones, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement incmemorandum padequipment for-telephones, of the general type in which a memorandum or note pad is supported on a telephone standard in convenient position for notations to be made upon the pad during atelephonic conversation.

One of the principal objects of the invention aims at the provision ofa padclip and a pad-supporting plate, the clipbeing designed for ready-attachment to .a memo-" randum padwhereby the pad may be con veniently carried about, or suspended, while not in actual use on the supporting plate, the supporting plate being .designedto cooperate with the clip in supporting the pad on the telephone standard, while notes are being made.

To this end, the pad clip and supporting plate are designed 'tobe quickly and easily detachably connected together, and when so attached to co-operate in supportingthe pad and in binding it in fixed position on the supporting plate. A f

A further object is to provide for the ready connection and removal of, thersupporting plate relatively to the standard, and

to this end, the plate'is provided with a per! tion which is readily engageable by, and removable from a supporting arm, which latter may be attached to the standard.

Another object is to provide for rendering the support with, or without the pad and clip attached thereto, readily attachable to and detachable from the supporting arm,

latter or. removing plates are oppositely curved asat 4 and 5,

without disturbing the it from the standard. 7 I

A further object is to provide means for supporting a pencil in convenient position relative to the pad and to accomplish this, the pad clip is so formed as to accommodate the pencil, the conformation of the clip also serving to lend to it, a resiliency which'is utilized in connecting it with the pad, and

in co-operating with the supporting plate in maintainin the pad in position thereon.

A further 0 ject is to provide a directory I ,and supporting means therefor, of such na- "use be adequately protected and housedbe- 7. The length of the curved portions land ture that the directory may be quickly ac cessible, when needed, withoutv disturbing the memorandum pad, andmay when not in neath the supporting plate. I v V 'Withthese andotherobjects .in. view,

the several views, and in which- 1 Figure 1 represents aview n perspective of a desk-telephoi1e with the inventionapplied thereto. 1 Figure 2 represents a longitudinal sec.- tional view. I

I Figure fi represents a plan view,,the pad being-shown' as broken away, and the directory being indicated "in its extended position. I Figure 4 represents a transverse sectional view on the line H of'Figure '3. Figure 5 represents a plan View of a modified form of supporting arm, 3 I Figure 6 "represents a sectional View through a modified ,formof supporting plate." 7

Referring more. particularly to the drawing, A indicates the telephone standard, B

lndicates the supporting arm, 0 indicates the 'cli'p, Dfthe memorandum. pad, E the supporting plate, and F the directory.

The: supporting arm B I comprises two strips of metal 1 and 2, preferably of a resilient nature, one of which is slightly longer than the other,- and the other of which at its outer end is slightly out-turnedto allow the web portion 3 (Figure 2), of the supporting plate to be. readily inserted and 'forced between theplates composing 'the supporting arm. At their inner ends, these connecting the two plates together at a point adjacent the standard, andthis means is indicated in the drawings'as a bo-lt and nut 5 issuch, and the degree of their curvature is such, that as the plates composing the arm are forced together by'the fastening means 7 7, a fulcruming action will take place at the point;of fastening, such as will force the plates land 2 together, and retain them in that position, so that when the supporting plate is engaged between the twoplates, it will be strongly supported in position, without any tendency of play occurring between the web and the plates.

The supporting plate E in marginal configuration is substantially rectangular, and is so formed as to provide a base portion 8, composing the lower end of the plate, an inclined brace portion 9, an upper portion or extension 10, and a substantially vertical web portion 3. This web portion connects the forward end of the inclined brace 9 with the lower end of the extension 10.

In manufacturing the supporting plate, the same is stamped into the shape described, and at the same time the base 8 and brace 9 are longitudinally corrugated as at 8, to add rigidity to the supporting plate. The web portion 3 is of a width substantially equal to the width of the supporting arm B, and the angular relation given to the web portion with respect to the plane of the supporting plate is such, that when the web portion is engaged between the plates of the supporting arm, a convenient angular disposition, with respect to thehorizontal, is given to the supporting plateE, sothat the pad, when arranged on the plate, will'be in convenient position for writing.

(lo-operating with the brace portion 9, in

additionally bracing the supporting plate,

is a stiffening plate 11, which bridges the gap between the base 8 and extensionlt) of the supporting plate, andwhich is arranged in co-planar relation with those parts. This stiffening plate may be solder-ed to the supporting plateat the junctionwof the base Sand brace 9 thereof,,and at its opposite edge the stiffening plate, may be turned down and soldered to the web 3. Of course other means than soldering may be utilized for retaining the stiffening plate in position. r

If desired, the stiffening plate may form an integral part of the supporting plate, and may bestamped up from the brace por tion 9 thereof, as indicated inFigure 6.

.In either method of manufacture, the stiffening plate is formed to cover a sufiicient portion of the breadth of the supporting plate to adequately rigidity it in conjunction with the brace portion 9.

The pad clip C, like the supporting plate, is also stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal, and is designed primarily for use in connection with the well known type of memorandum pad which includes in its construction, a tab, indicated at 12 in the drawings, at the upper end of its front face. These pads are usually manufactured with a paste-board 11310.1(.13 and with suitable fasteners lt connecting the tab and back and passing through the sheets forming the pad.

The clip is formed with a tab-engaging lip 15 (Figure 2), which is substantially U- shaped in cross section, and which slidably engages the tab in the act of attaching the clip to the pad. The clipalso includes a pad-supporting, and plate-engaging tongue 16, which engages the back of the pad when the clip is connected therewith for normally supporting the pad, and which also engages the extension 10 "of the supporting plate when the pad is positioned thereon, serving to clamp the extension between the pad and the tongue. The tongue is formed by bending the metal upon itself, the lower ply being extended as at 17 to form a carrying and holding means for the clip and pad. The plys are brought together sufliciently to form a bight into which the leaves of the pad may be caught when turned upwardly, as indicated in Figure 2, for the purpose either of calling someones attention to the fact that a notation for them has been made, or for holding the successive leaves out of the way in making notations extending over several leaves. The extended portion 17 is provided with an opening as at 18, which between the lip 15 as a whole, and the tongue 16, and also to provide a recess in which a pencil 21 may be carried.

The position of the'wall 19 of the clip with respect to the tongue 15 is such that the tab'12 of the pad may be moved lengthwise (thatis in a transverse direction with respect to the pad as an entirety), into the lip, being in such movement engaged between the walls of the lip, and when. the pad is thus positioned in the clip, the wall 19 will prevent longitudinal relative movement of the pad and clip in one direction, while the lip will prcventlongitudinal relative movement in the other direction.

In forming the clip, such resiliency is imparted between the tongue and lip, and such relative position is given to these parts that the pad when attached to the clip is held snugly between them, and when the pad is positioned on the supporting plate by the engagement of the clip overthe extension 10 thereof, a clamping action will take place by reason of the thickness of the extension 10, whereby to hold the pad securely in plate.

in position.

A leaf-spring 2 2 is utilized to assist holding the pencil in place, and one end of the spring is bent over the edge'of the metal as at 23 (Figure and is then directed through an opening in the' portion 20' ofthe clip, as at 24,; to retain the s ring in place. The other end of the spring is bent up into contact with the metal as indicated, so that a pencil may be inserted from either end,'and when so inserted, will be detachably' retained The directory F is'in the farmer a plate shapedto receive a pluralityof cards-25,011 Y which desired entries'concerning telephone numbers, addresses, and the like, may be made. These cards maybe made of white celluloid, printed as indicated in the drawings, of cards of other materials and designs may be used, asd'esired The upper and lew'eri marginal edges cfthe plate forming the directory support are turnedover as at I 2 6 and spaced sufficiently from the back of the plate to receive the cards, and the-inner edge is preferably provided with upward- 1y projecting corrugation 27, to form a stop for the inward movement of the cards. The, outeredge of the upper over-turned flange.

26 is preferably turned downwardly and outwardly to forma thumb-piece 28, where by the directory may be swung into its closed position beneath the base '8 ofthe support ing plate, as indicated in Figure 1, or may be pulled out into open position, as indicated in Figure 3. One corner of the plate F is pivotally connected to the base 8 of the sup porting plate, near one edge thereof, as at 29, :n sucha way as to effect a frictional retention of the plate in adjusted position, and

in making this connection, I may use a small screw, which passes through the plate, and through washers which space the plate prop erly fromv the directory F, and is then encircled by a washer on the under face of the plate, against which washer a nut is turned and locked in any .suitable way, the nut be ing tightened sufiiciently to effect a frictional engagement betweenthe parts such as will allow ready adjustment of the plate on its pivotal point, and at the same time, will hold it in adjusted position. The outer edge of the directory plate is provided with a recess as at 30, for receiving the fingers, whereby the cards may be readily put into place and taken from the directory. 7

The form of supporting arm shown in Figure 5 includes a strip of metal B, preferably of a resilient nature which, at itsout er end, is returned upon itself, so as to form th members 1 and. 2, which, by the resiliency of the metal, are tensioned towards each other, as are the members 1 and2 of the form of supporting arm shown in Figure 3. The inner end of the member2' may be slightly turned or curved outwardly from the member 1? ,so as to allow the insertion of theweb portion of the supporting plate between the two members. i The end of the supporting arm B thatis to be attached to the telephone, is bent at substantially right angles to the body portion of'the arm and is provided with a U-shaped portion 5* which connects with the body portion of the supporting'arm bymeans of a crimped pore,

tion .31. Into this crimped portion is engaged one end of'a U-shaped clamping mesa.

ber'4', theot her end of which co-operat'es with the outer end of the U-shaped portion 5 in receiving a bolt andnut 7 or a similar connecting means. This means will be of such type that the U-shaped portions 5" and 4' may be' drawn toward each other to clamp the standard and thus connect the supporting arm B thereto.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding, and no undue limitation should be deduced therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in

"View of the prior art.

avingthus described my invention'iwhat I claim as new is, i

-1.' 'In aidevi ce of the combinationwith" a supporting arm attachableto a telephone standard, of a supporting plate attachable to and detachable from the supporting arm without effecting the attachment of the supporting arm relatively to the standard, a pad, and a clip carriedby the padand detachably clamping it against the said plate, whereby the clip and pad may be class described, the

ried by the pad, said clip detachably clamp- 7 ing the pad against the plate, whereby the clip and pad may be removed bodily and together as a unit relatively'to thearm, or may be so removed in combination with the supporting plate.

Ina device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm attachable to atelephone standard, a supporting plate 7 mounted on the supporting arm and detachable therefrom, a pad arranged on one side of'the supporting plate and having a tab,-

and a clip having a lip slidably engaging the tab andhaving a tongue resiliently tensioned toward the lip and co-operatingthere with in'detachably clamping the pad on'the P t s i .4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm attachable to telephone standard, a supporting plate mounted on the supporting arm and detachable therefrom, a pad on one side of the supporting plate and having a tab, and a clip having a lip detachably engaging the tab and having a tongue bearing against the opposite side of the plate and co-operating with the lip in clamping the pad on the plate.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm attachable to a telephone standard, a supporting plate attachable to and detachable from the supporting arm without disturbing the attachment of the supporting arm relative to the telephone standard, a pad, and a clip to which the pad is detachably connected, said clip having a tongue bearing against the plate and co-operating with the clip, in clamping the clip, pad and plate together.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supporting arm including a pair of members resiliently tensioned towards each other, of a supporting plate having an offset web portion slidably engageable between the said members.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supporting arm including a pair of members tensioned towards each other, of a supporting plate having an oil-set web portion slidably engageable between the said members, and a stiffening plate bridging the said ofi-set portion and connecting the portions of the supporting platecontiguous thereto.

a 8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm including a pair of members tensionecl toward each other, a supporting plate having means slid ably engageable between the said members, a pad, and a clip detachably carried by the pad and clamping it against the said plate.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm including members tensioned toward each other, a supporting plate having a portion slida-bly engaged between the tensioned members, a pad, and a clip to which the pad is detachably connected, said clip being separate from the plate and clamping the pad there-against.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting arm, a supporting plate removably attached to the supporting arm, a clip removably, attached to the supporting plate, and a pad removably attached to the clip.

CLYDE L. BOWERS. 

